Inkstand



Oct. 9, 1945. MS. POLLOCK INKSTAND Filed Sept. 1'7, 1943 INVENTOR.

MARTIN 5.:POLLO0K BY j ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 9, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INKSTAND Martin S. Pollock, East Chester, N. Y. Application September 17, 1943, Serial No. 502,751

6 Claims.

This invention relates to inkstands generally and has particular reference to a construction of this type in which novel and useful features are included in a simplified assemblage.

Objects of the invention therefore includethe provision of an inkstand which, serviceable under varying conditions, is capable of being manufactured from one of various materials, including those of synthetic or plastic types, and at areasonable cost.

It is the custom of users of pens, as when dippin them in inkwells, as by insertion of a pen point portion through the dip aperture of a cover or the like, to make the insertions of an average the pen dips in the reservoir of the stand can be 20 Inventive features of this disclosure are found kept constant by proper adjustment of the top.

in a base inkstand section having a convex top, and a cover section, in which is a dip aperture, having a concave under face.

The cover, while maintaining the same engag-;

ing areas between the two sections, is relatively movable for bringing said aperture to a high part or a low part of said convex top, with the result set forth.

In accordance with yet another object at present involved, a uniform pressure is maintained between the two stand sections, and for this purpose a spring element having a novel permanent anchorage is used on the base.

With the above indicated objects and advantages in view, as well as others which will hereinafter appear, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and arrangements of parts, the es; sential features are herein clearly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of an inkstand constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view, similar to Fig. 1, but with parts removed;

Fig. 5 is an underside view of a cover section; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal section in verse line being straight as seen in Fig. 2. The side wings II have therein longitudinal recesses for holding articles such as pens, and in the body portion I2 is a medial elongated cavity I3 or ink recess.

front central part of said cover is a pen dipaper ture I5, and said front part, as at its leading edge I6, is relatively deep. The cover I4 tapers gradually in depth to its after part I7, therefore giving said cover some of the characteristics of a conventional air foil section, and this tapering is also found transversely, the front part I6 being wider than the after part II.

.A cover retaining spring2llis formed with a face front end. having an outwardly turned tip 2| and an anchoring end having portions 22, 23, 24, which permanently grip a cross bar member 25 of the base I I], said member being provided by an angular opening 26 in said base. As seen in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, a recess 27 in the base I0, provides an emplacement for the outer end part 24 of the retaining spring 20, and the lower surface of the spring part 23 is flush with the lower face of the base I0.

The tip 2I of the spring 20 exerts a light holding pressure against the cover I4, and other features of said cover reside in a stop being formed therefor, at one limit of its travel, when theend I'l reaches backwardly to the uppermost part of the spring portion 22, Fig. 3. If at any time the cover I4 is moved forwardly until its front edge I6 is stopped by reaching the ground or bottom level of the base I0, it is noted that then the end I! is still underthe tip 2|. Therefore no displacement error or undue removal of the cover I4 can normally take place, during fore and aft travel thereof, and such travels may be brought about by use of the pen point portion in the aperture I5.

Such travel is effective to bring the aperture I5, as at its top part, where the pen being used can be watched, near to or distant from an ink level in the reservoir I3. Thus, as seen in Fig. 3, at an ink level 30, a forward position of the cover I4 results in a pen 3| being dipped for receiving the correct amount of ink; and in a more rearwardly position of said cover, when the aperture I5 is directly above a dotted line pen 32, said pen is so positioned as to receive the correct amount of ink at a level 33.

Relative movements of the aforesaid cover and base are facilitated because of a reduction during the movement of the engaging faces. This featuring,'moreover, as here to be described, gives the cover latched positions on the face III. In said base are a pair of transversely aligned notches 35, and a second pair 38. The cover l4 has thereon a pair of lugs 40, 4| (Fig. 1) and on the body 12, marginal to the reservoir I3 are per tions (Fig.4) 42, 43, identified as tracks.

Therefore, when the lugs 4c, M are disposed on the notches 36, the cover i4 is in a latched position, as in Fig. 1. To move the cover, as backwardly, said lugs are lifted with the cover and placed on the tracks 42, 43; then as the cover is moved backwardly said lugs drop into the notches 35, and the cover is latched with an aperture in position for receivin the pen 32, shown in dotted lines. The ribs 31, 38 may be deeper than the lugs 40, 4|.

As seen on Fig. 5, the cover I4 is identical with the cover of Fig. 1, although of reduced proportions. In Fig. 1, both ribs 31,, 38 engage freely for movement along the side faces of the recess l3, but with the narrower structure of Fig. 5 only one rib or lug thereof is engageable against the boundary side of the recess I3, at any time. Thus,

th latching condition is brought about with the Fig. 5 structure, as by engaging one lug 4| thereof in a base recess 35 or 36. A latched structure of this type is seen in Fig. 6.

I claim:

1. An inkstan comprising in combination a base having aconvex top surface, an ink recess within said base with a cover for said base having a pen tip aperture and havingits concave under face resting on said top surface of said base, said base having a lowermost and uppermost anchorage and. means held'by said anchorage and engaging said cover, on the top thereof whereby when the ink in said recess is at a high level the said aperturein the-cover may be moved to the apex for limitedly placing a pen nib therein to reachink at the high level and when the ink is at a low level the cover may be moved endwise to lower said aperture nearer the low level of said ink,

2. An inkstand comprising in combination a base having a convex top with a cover having a lower concave face resting on said top; a recess in saidb'ase for ink, said base having a lowermost integral :bar, and spring means having an end anchored on said bar and anjend pressing said 3. An inkstand comprising in combination a face having a convex top, said base providing an ink reservoir with an open top with a cover having a concave under face resting on said top around the opening, said base having a, lowermost integral bar, said cover having therein above the opening a pen dip aperture, means fixedly held on said bar and having a resilient portion pressing said cover on the top thereof, means for limiting the movement of said cover to a high and low position whereby when the ink in said recess is at ahigh level the said aperture in the cover may be moved to the apex for limitedly placing a pen nib therein to reach ink at the high level and when the ink is at a low level the cover may be moved endwise to lower said aperture nearer the low level of said ink.

4. An inkstand comprisingin combination a base having a convex top and providing therein an ink reservoir, said top having in the boundary of the reservoir notches, with a cover having a concave face movable on said top, lug means on said face, said means adapted to holdingly enter said notches, a pen aperture in said cover, means for limiting the movement of said cover to a high, and low position whereby when the inkin said recess is at a high level the said aperture in the cover may be moved to the apex for liinitedly placing a pen nib therein to reach ink at the high level and when the ink is at a low level the cover may be moved endwise to lower said aperture nearer the low level of said ink.

5. An inkstand comprising in combination a base having a convex top surface and providing therein an ink recess, said top having in the boundary of the recess plural notches with a cover having a concave under face with portions thereof movable on said notches around the recess, and a lug reaching downwardly from said under face, the lug being movable along said boundary, whereby said lug may be guided into a selected notch to latchingly hold said cover, a pen aperture in said cover, means for limiting the movement of said cover to a high and low position whereby when the ink in said recess is at a high level the said aperture in the cover may be moved to the apex for limitedly placing a pen nib therein to reach ink at the high level and when the ink is at a low level the cover may be moved endwise to lower said aperture nearer the low level of said ink.

6. An inkstand comprising in combination a. base having a convex top and providing a longitudinal ink recess and an elongated thin cover having a concave face resting on said top and being longer than the recess, the cover having therein a pen dip aperture, whereby the aperture may be moved to the apex of said top for limitedly placing a pen nib therein to reach ink having a high level in the recess, so that when the ink level is low said cover may be moved .in endwise to lower said aperture to a position near the ink at said low level.

MARTIN S. POLLOCK. 

